repellent

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more repellentmost repellent

Superlative

repellant

1.
Repulsive, inspiring aversion.
The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.
2.
Resistant or impervious to something.
All that fabric's supposed to be dust-repellent.
3.
(archaic)(physics, now rare) Tending or able to repel; driving back.
These particles exercise a-highly repellent force.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

repellentsrepellant

1.
A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests.
None of the mosquito repellents we've tried work.
2.
A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.
They applied dirt repellent to the sports car.
3.
(broadly, obsolete)(obsolete, more generally) Someone or something that repels.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

aversive

Cùng gốc / liên quan

insect repellent

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.